KP Assembly leads in number of tax defaulters

[PakEye]

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly tops in terms of tax defaulters whereas Balochistan Assembly is ranked first by having a majority of the lawmakers who filed tax returns but failed to pay a penny showing zero taxable income.
KP Assembly houses 124 members. As many as 27 (21.77%) lawmakers are tax defaulters. Another 61 (62.88%) MPAs were too ‘poor’ to pay a penny in income tax. Information Minister Shah Farman, former senior minister Sikandar Hayat Sherpao, KP Assembly speaker Asad Qaisar, CM KP’s Special Assistant Sooran Singh, Maulana Fazal-ul-Rehman’s brother Lutf-ur-Rehman and Nighat Orakzai are prominent zero taxpayers.
An analysis of data compiled from the FBR Tax Directory of 1,072 lawmakers has found that majority of tax defaulters are in KP followed by Senate, Sindh Assembly, National Assembly, Balochistan Assembly and Punjab Assembly respectively. Balochistan Assembly leads with majority of zero tax-filers closely followed by KP Assembly, Punjab Assembly, Sindh Assembly, National Assembly and Senate respectively.
KP Assembly leads in number of tax defaulters - thenews.com.pk

 

[batmannow]

really astonishing!